The following information describes the minimum requirements for each of the NetShow Theater Server components. The "Capacity Planning" chapter of Microsoft NetShow Theater Planning Guide describes the recommended hardware requires for larger video servers.
Hardware
Server-side logging may require more storage, depending on the number of client connections. Development systems, or other single content server systems can be installed on a 133 MHz or 166 MHz Pentium computer.Software
- 200 MHz Pentium or Pentium II or AlphaServer800
- 64 MB of RAM (intel) or 128 MB of RAM (Alpha)
- 1 GB hard drive or larger
- Full Duplex Ethernet 100BaseT or FORE PCA200E ATM oc-3 network card
- Windows NT® 4.0 Server or Windows NT® 4.0 Enterprise Edition
- Service Pack 3 for Windows NT 4.0
Hardware
Software
- 133 MHz Pentium or Pentium II or AlphaServer800
- 64 MB of RAM (intel) or 128 MB of RAM (Alpha)
- 2 GB hard drive (system) or larger on system media adapter
- Second high speed media adapter for content drives
- Up to fifteen 5,400-rpm content drives on second media adapter
- Full Duplex Ethernet 100BaseT or FORE PCA200E ATM oc-3 network card
- Windows NT® 4.0 Server or Windows NT® 4.0 Enterprise Edition
- Service Pack 3 for Windows NT 4.0
Systems support from 1-12 content servers. For small configurations, the title server and content server logical processes can run on the same physical PC. In this case, the Title Server must be equipped with a second media adapter for content drives.
Total video content storage determines amount of disk space required and the number of disk drives. A single content server can have multiple media adapters.
Hardware
Software
- 90 MHz Pentium or Pentium II or AlphaServer800
- 32 MB of RAM (intel) or 64 MB of RAM (Alpha)
- 1 GB hard drive or larger
- Windows NT® 4.0 Server or Windows NT® 4.0 Enterprise Edition
- Service Pack 3 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4.01 or later
You may want to install the client on the Administrative Workstation to preview content. If you install the client, follow the minimum hardware requirements for NetShow Theater client computer.
Hardware
Software
- 200 MHz Pentium or Pentium II or AlphaServer800
- 64 MB of RAM (intel) or 128 MB of RAM (Alpha)
- 2 GB hard drive or larger
- Ethernet 10/100BaseT or ATM oc-3 NIC
- Sound Blaster 16-compatible sound system with speakers
- DirectDraw SVGA display adapter
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Windows® 95 Operating System
- Service Pack 1 for Windows 95 or Service Pack 3 for Windows NT 4.0
Ethernet
ATM
- 10/100BaseT Switched Ethernet switch
- FORE PCA200E ATM oc-3 network card
Requires one port per server and client.
NetShow Theater also runs on Digital Equipment Corporation's Alpha family of computers. Contact Send an e-mail message to sgeorge@mail.dec.com for equivalent configurations.
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